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The purpose of study was to investigate the utilisation of football facilities in selected clubs of Monze district, Zambia. The study's objectives were to: evaluate the standards of football facilities, explore the utilisation and availability of football facilities, examine how football...

Background: In Zambia, the rate of occurrence of injuries in the super division and division one teams, which are highly competitive leagues, have not been documented. Currently, there is a wide gap of information about football injuries because there is no routine injury surveillance system in...

This is a prospective study carried out in the Orthopaedic Unit of the Department of Surgery at the University Teaching Hospital.The aim was to determine the effects of tenotomy of the tendons of tibialis posterior and Achilles in the correction of clubfoot which had resisted non-operative...

A two-year prospective study of Flexor Tendon repair at the University Teaching Hospital (UTH), Lusaka is presented. A total of 20 cases were seen in this period, with a total of 71 tendon repairs. Results were graded using the white (1956) and Boyes (1947) criteria: 4 patients were graded as...

In the University Teaching Hospital, fractures of the ankle joint are common and like in most developing countries the majority of ankle fractures are treated non-operatively. This is because of the shortage of resources and also that of the required expertise. Results of the outcome of...

As the level of competition in soccer is increasing, the prevalence of injuries also has increased. This calls for more rehabilitation facilities to be employed by the football clubs. The main role of physiotherapy in football is injury treatment and prevention, education, rehabilitation,...